Woodland brother stabs brother during family dispute

One man is in custody while another was treated for a non-life threatening injury after what appeared to be a family dispute Tuesday.

Officers were dispatched at about 6:55 a.m. to the area of Third and Clover streets, according to Sgt. Brett Hancock. Firefighters and ambulance personnel were sent shortly afterward.

"Officers arrived and found a 51-year-old male Woodland resident with a non-life threatening wound on his arm," Hancock said.

According to reports from the scene, two adult brothers at the private home got into an unspecified argument. The argument escalated, leading one brother to stab the other using a kitchen knife or other household knife before fleeing the scene.

At least four police officers went to the home to investigate the case, talking to neighbors as well as other family members, one of whom was seated outside the home smoking a cigarette as the injured brother was being evacuated to a waiting ambulance.

Police did not consider the second brother to be a danger to anyone and found him a short time afterward.

"The suspect, a 45-year-old Woodland resident, Timothy Spence was located a block down the street and taken into custody without incident," Hancock said. "He was booked into the Yolo County Jail for assault with a deadly weapon."